Lease Sale 189

Eastern Gulf Lease Sale 189 was held on December 10, 2003, in New Orleans.

Final Bid Recap  

Final Bid Recap (242.26 KB) (released February 6, 2004)

Bid Evaluation Results  

Final Phase II Decision Matrix (21.6 KB) (released January 21, 2004)
Final Phase I Decision Matrix (16.88 KB) (released December 18, 2003)
Interim Phase II Decision Report (23.75 KB) (updated January 21, 2004)
Final Phase I Acceptances (23.75 KB) (released December 18, 2003)

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability  

Notification of EFT 1/5 Bonus Liability (19.22 KB) (released December 10, 2003)

Sale Statistics  

The documents below contain statistical information specific to Sale189, held on December 10, 2003.  The reports organize the data in several different ways. Sale Statistics: Includes general summary information on sale bids.

  • Sale Statistics: Includes general summary information on sale bids.
  • Preliminary Bid Recap by Area & Block for All Bids (Report 1): Includes complete information on all blocks that received bids. A final bid recap which includes bid acceptance and rejection results will be posted approximately three months after sale day.
  • High Bids Ranked by Bid Amount (Report 4): Includes information on all high bids in ranked order.
  • Analysis of Bids by Company: Includes information on all bids by all companies.  
  • Summaries of Company Bids (Report 6): Includes bidding information by companies. Four reports are sorted by company as follow:
  • Sale 189 ZIP File: This file displays bid information on acreage, royalty rates, and companies participating in this sale. It contains five fixed format, ASCII data files of tract, bid, and company data as well as a text file which shows the record layouts. (WinZip was used to compress this file. Please read our disclaimer prior to down loading the file.)  

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution  

 Lease Sale 189 

 Files 

Lease Sale Map - Bid Distribution

  pdf file 

zipped postscript file*

Active Leases and EGOM Sale 189 Bids Received Map

  pdf file 

zipped postscript file*

*Note: This is an encapsulated Postscript plot file generated by ArcView.  WinZip 8.1 was used to compress this file.  Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files. 

Blocks Receiving Bids  

Blocks Receiving Bids (12.3 KB) (released December 10, 2003)

Miscellaneous Presale Statistics  

Preliminary Sale Statistics (8.23 KB) (released December 9, 2003)

Final Notice of Sale  

Sale Maps

Lease Sale 189

  Files

Lease Terms and Economic Conditionspdf file 

*Note: These are enhanced Postscript plot files generated by ArcInfo.  They can be plotted locally.  Version 8.1 of WINZIP was used to compress these files.  Please read our disclaimer prior to downloading files. 

News Releases  

Modest Interest in Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 189 Attracts $8,376,765 in High Bids (51.97 KB) (December 10, 2003)
Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 189 Receives 16 Bids on 14 Tracts (137.36 KB) (December 9, 2003)
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 189 (59.81 KB) (July 17, 2003)
MMS Identifies Areas for Proposed 2003 and 2005 Lease Sales in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (107.96 KB) (July 30, 2002)
MMS Issues Final Notice of Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 189 (23.85 KB) (October 15, 2003)
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Locations and Dates of Public Hearings on Proposed Easter (114.72 KB) (November 22, 2002)